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Dysphagia laboratory findings

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hamid Qazi, MD, BSc [2] Feham Tariq, MD [3]

Overview

There are no diagnostic laboratory findings associated with dysphagia.

Laboratory Findings

There are no diagnostic laboratory findings associated with dysphagia per se. However, in certain diseases leading to dysphagia, laboratory evaluation is done to look for the underlying disease.

Such diseases include the following:[1][2]

Following laboratory tests are done for the diagnosis of these diseases:[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Sagar R, Varghese ST, Balhara YP (2005). “Dysphagia due to olanzepine, an antipsychotic medication”. Indian J Gastroenterol. 24 (1): 37–8. PMID 15778537.
  2. ↑ Osman M, Devadas V (2016). “Clozapine-induced dysphagia with secondary substantial weight loss”. BMJ Case Rep. 2016. doi:10.1136/bcr-2016-216445. PMID 27543610.
  3. ↑ Bakheit AM (2001). “Management of neurogenic dysphagia”. Postgrad Med J. 77 (913): 694–9. PMC 1742185. PMID 11677277.
  4. ↑ Malandraki GA, Rajappa A, Kantarcigil C, Wagner E, Ivey C, Youse K (2016). “The Intensive Dysphagia Rehabilitation Approach Applied to Patients With Neurogenic Dysphagia: A Case Series Design Study”. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 97 (4): 567–574. doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2015.11.019. PMID 26711168.

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